A Surgeon's Suicide Letter Untangled Syphilis from Gonorrhea
19th Century

A Surgeon's Suicide Letter Untangled Syphilis from Gonorrhea

Convinced he is dying, a Parisian doctor writes his final words—then lives another forty years, his suicide letter changing medicine forever.

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MedicineFrance19th CenturyScientific RevolutionParisDiseaseMedical ResearchClinical StudiesPhilippe RicordSexually Transmitted DiseasesEvidence Based Medicine

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